Something recently posted about survivor bias made me think about how life has always been hard, but our understanding of the difficulty keeps increasing. But we keep evolving systems to keep more people alive. But something both available to and unmentioned by the "unknowable horror" and "existential dread" camp is how there is no perfection, and ( Read more... )

I love Habitica and Roll20 ( Read more... )

Managed to survive the weekend. More backlog ( Read more... )

Unnecessary stress about the meeting. I had placed an order for food and coffee, and when I arrived they said they couldn't find the coffee order. Registration started at 6:30, and they finally had the second half of my order ready at 6:25 (although they did give me a loaf of bread for my troubles). Skidded into the room at 6:50, still enough time ( Read more... )

I also have to add how safe I feel. There's almost no level of expectation from me, and I could say just about anything with no judgment.Went to a Tibetan talk about handling anger two nights ago. The start of the lecture included meditation concepts such as "the hand is not your self, the face is not your self..." and various other pieces, which ( Read more... )

First up, my application to Goizueta was declined. There are other business schools, of course, but this was the only one to which I applied. Not sure how tenable other educations are where I would have to pay for tuition and travel to campus somewhere else ( Read more... )

Startled a pair of deer (maybe more?) on my way out of work. These moments make me forget Atlanta is a metropolis.So: Different kind of two-body problem. Increasing the number of workers in a household (stereotypically husband and wife, but can also work as roommates or extended family or whathaveyou) would theoretically increase the income in a ( Read more... )

I want to write more regularly, but so many things I want to do are difficult for me to find time, and thrown even more off-kilter by my prior sickness. And being with her is taking more time (and money, to some extent) than my previous life. Not a problem, though ( Read more... )

So many things I want to do, and feel like I’m neglecting. This is one of them.
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